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Zero Hedge

Zero Hedge is veritable gold mine of website links and good articles on economics, finance, and markets. Its mission statement:

  • to widen the scope of financial, economic and political information available to the professional investing public.
  • to skeptically examine and, where necessary, attack the flaccid institution that financial journalism has become.
  • to liberate oppressed knowledge.
  • to provide analysis uninhibited by political constraint.
  • to facilitate information’s unending quest for freedom.

Didier Sornette: Predicting risk

Very interesting video on “Where are we going? And what can we do?” about financial markets, critical points, ecology, biology, and other issues of the Anthropocene by Didier Sornette. Humans are growing at a super-exponential rate, so what does this mean? He also points out the importance of non-linear behavior in markets and the concept of Dragon-Kings. Also, here is a link to a good interview with Sornette thanks to ZURICH.MINDS.

For anyone interested in watching some of his lectures, here is a link.

Bukowski: Born into This

Bukowski: Born into This produced by John Dullaghan is a great glimpse at the life and work of Henry Charles Bukowski. Watch it here on Vimeo or here on YouTube.

Zooniverse – Real Science Online

Zooniverse allows anyone to participate in scientific studies. For example, there is a project called Seafloor Explorer which allows users to scan pictures of the seafloor looking for animal species and types of ground cover to create a vast library of information. There is a project which asks for help in identifying various explosions on the sun and another which finds exoplanets around stars.

Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky – Noam Chomsky

In Understanding Power: The Indispensable ChomskyNoam Chomsky explains political motives and modern history in a straightforward manner, showing the truth behind the decisions of governments.  These are the facts and details never heard on public news stations and newspapers. I would definitely suggest reading this collection of talks by Chomsky.

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